Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Williams, Laron"
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Elite purges in dictatorships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Elite Purges in Dictatorships examines the causes of elite purges under autocracy. An elite purge is when a dictator forcibly removes an official from their inner circle. I examine why some dictators purge elites and others ... -
Origins and changes of East Asian party systems and voter alignments : social conditions, issue effects, and party coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)My dissertation explains the formulation of party systems and voting behaviors in East Asia. The previous literature maintained that East Asian party politics was caused by the homogeneous culture and the philosophy. ...